title: Primary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma involving the skull.
abstract: Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma (EMZL) is a rare cancer of B-lymphocyte origin typically found in the gastrointestinal tract within the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. EMZL accounts for 5% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and has been reported to affect the central nervous system in several select case reports. Here, we describe a rare case of EMZL presenting as an isolated skull mass, and review current management of EMZL. To our knowledge, this is the first reported patient of isolated EMZL of the skull.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.rasouli@mountsinai.org.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rasouli
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Shyam A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skovrlj
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Yakov
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gologorsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mascitelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caridi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: EMZL; Lymphoma; Neurosurgery; Skull tumor